tricky
/ˈtrɪki/adjective
उच्चारण ट्रिकी
पेचीदा, कठिन
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
- 1
difficult to do or deal with
पेचीदा, कठिन
- a tricky question
- Parking in this lane is tricky during market hours.
- Some grammar questions are tricky, so read them twice.
+ 2 more examples
- It is tricky to walk on the wet steps near the river.
- The captain faced a tricky decision before the final over.
Synonyms difficult awkward delicate complicated problematic
Opposite easy simple straightforward uncomplicated
- 2
(of people) clever but likely to trick you
धूर्त, चालाक
- a tricky opponent
- The tricky shopkeeper charged double from tourists.
- The tricky politician made promises he never meant to keep.
+ 2 more examples
- Be careful with that tricky salesman, who will say anything to close a deal.
- A tricky rival can use your own words against you.
Synonyms cunning crafty sly devious wily
Opposite honest straightforward
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
tricky + noun
Tricky describes a task, question or situation that is difficult and needs care.
'Tricky' ऐसे कार्य, प्रश्न या स्थिति का वर्णन करता है जो कठिन है और जिसमें सावधानी चाहिए।
- It was a tricky question in the reasoning section.
- Parking here is tricky.
it is tricky + to-infinitive
Use it is tricky to do sth, and the person who finds it hard comes with for.
'It is tricky to do sth' का प्रयोग होता है, और जिसे यह कठिन लगे वह for के साथ आता है।
- It is tricky to answer without hurting anyone.
- The topic is tricky for beginners.
tricky + person (informal)
For a person, tricky means clever in a way that you cannot fully trust.
व्यक्ति के लिए 'tricky' का अर्थ ऐसा चतुर है जिस पर पूरा भरोसा नहीं किया जा सकता।
- The shopkeeper was a tricky man who changed prices daily.
a tricky customer / sticky situation
Tricky is gradable: trickier and trickiest are the forms; tricky customer is a fixed phrase for a hard-to-handle person.
'Tricky' gradable है: रूप trickier और trickiest हैं; 'tricky customer' कठिन व्यक्ति के लिए स्थिर वाक्यांश है।
- This is the trickiest chapter of the book.
- Be careful, he is a tricky customer.
+Collocations 4
tricky + noun
questionsituationproblembusinesscustomer
- The English paper had a tricky grammar question.
adverb + tricky
ratherverya bitparticularlyslightly
- The turn on the hill road is rather tricky.
verb + tricky
find sthprovebeseemget
- Many students find geometry tricky.
tricky + task
to explainto solveto handleto decideto manage
- It is tricky to decide between two good colleges.
“More examples 5
- The last question of the quant section was really tricky.
Quant खंड का अंतिम प्रश्न सचमुच कठिन था।
- Radhika found the interview tricky but managed well.
राधिका को साक्षात्कार कठिन लगा, पर उसने अच्छी तरह सँभाल लिया।
- The road is tricky during the monsoon.
मानसून में सड़क पर चलना जोखिम-भरा होता है।
- It is tricky to teach grammar without making it boring.
Grammar को उबाऊ बनाए बिना पढ़ाना कठिन है।
- Selecting a gift for a fussy uncle is tricky.
नख़रेबाज़ चाचा के लिए उपहार चुनना कठिन है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The question was very tricks.
✓ The question was very tricky.
After very you need the adjective tricky, not the plural noun tricks.
'Very' के बाद विशेषण 'tricky' चाहिए, बहुवचन noun 'tricks' नहीं।
✗ It is tricky for solving this puzzle.
✓ It is tricky to solve this puzzle.
After tricky, use a to-infinitive, not for + -ing.
'Tricky' के बाद to-infinitive आता है, 'for + -ing' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Tricky, difficult and complicated are all about hard things but not the same kind of hard.
Tricky, difficult और complicated सभी कठिनाई के लिए हैं, पर एक ही प्रकार की नहीं।
Needing care or skill because it is easy to go wrong.
सावधानी या कौशल की माँग, क्योंकि ग़लती आसानी से हो सकती है।
- A tricky turn.
Hard to do or understand, in general.
सामान्य रूप से करने या समझने में कठिन।
- A difficult exam.
Having many parts, so hard to understand.
कई भागों वाला, इसलिए समझने में कठिन।
- A complicated rule.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
trick·y
?Which word?
Keep the difficult words together: tricky (needing skill or care), awkward, delicate (needing great care: 'a delicate situation'), knotty (complicated), thorny (causing problems), sticky (informal, difficult).
कठिनाई के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: tricky (कौशल या सावधानी चाहने वाला), awkward, delicate (बहुत सावधानी चाहने वाला: 'a delicate situation'), knotty (जटिल), thorny (समस्याएँ पैदा करने वाला), sticky (अनौपचारिक, कठिन)।